God Has a Plan for Your Life—And It Might Be Horrible!
I hate it when well-meaning people tell me that God has a plan for my life. Why do I hate it, you might ask? Because it is exactly what I’m […]
Author Archives: Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes
Yes. You are screwing up your kids.
It’s an unavoidable fact of parenting. Whether you are an attachment parent, co-sleeping parent, a free-range parent, a helicopter parent, a traditional parent, a non-ideological parent, you are doing something […]
TV Watching → Engaging Work (!)
One of my favorite pass-times is watching TV shows on DVD. The series can be so engaging that sometimes I see myself enmeshed in the storyline to such an extent […]
The Social Economy
[this is the last of a three post series. Here’s the first and the second.] My scalp was itching. Just a bit but itchy nonetheless. I lay in bed a […]
Rocks, a tent, and a felony (or two)
[continuing from the last post] Two days later, the weather turned shockingly cold. I had set out on a walk with Ziva, thankful for the cool gray sky but […]
You know where to find me
“If I had some water, I’d give you a drink!” Panting, I looked down at the grizzled man sitting on the corner. A ripped Notre Dame cap sat upon his […]
The end of all our exploring…
Philosopher David Hume should be celebrating his 305th birthday about now. He was born on May 7th (which was April 26th before the Calendar Act of 1750), so his birthday […]
Which Good Friday?
When I was younger, Good Friday inspired me. While I was thankful for Jesus’ sacrifice, I viewed it as the heroic act of an individual, independent human being—an adult choosing […]
“And it was good”
A few nights ago, I was reading a popular children’s Bible with my kids. We read through the creation story describing how God made the light, separated the waters, formed […]
Christmas in the South
“Mama, it doesn’t feel like Christmas,” my five-year-old daughter declared while drinking hot chocolate on a steamy Sydney morning. “Why?” “Because we’re eating sweets and it’s hot…and we don’t have […]
Wondering Fair 